Name: Beaver Island Coast Guard Station opens for the 1969 season
Start: 1969-05
End: 1969-05
Location: Saint James Harbor

Beaver Island Coast Guard Station opens for the 1969 season

Also 1969 Beaver Island Coast Guard Station seasonal opening

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Locator map: Saint James Harbor highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Saint James HarborLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Date1969-05

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1969-05
Kind: Opening
Where: Saint James Harbor
Carried out by: Beaver Island Coast Guard station
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationpublic-servicecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Coast Guard Station opened for the 1969 season. Petty Officer First Class Charles Ronquist was in charge, with the remaining crew rotating from the Charlevoix Station.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a station log, staffing roster, or operating schedule.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Coast Guard Station Opens.”
Reports the seasonal opening of the Beaver Island Coast Guard Station, Petty Officer First Class Charles Ronquist in charge, and crew rotation from Charlevoix; it does not provide a station log, staffing roster, or operating schedule.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published station-opening notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Coast Guard Station opens for the 1969 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-station-opens-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “Coast Guard Station Opens.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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